It was probably the most emotional day Shea Stadium had ever hosted. From pre-game excitement, to a great game, it looked like this day was going to be perfect for Shea to close its regular season ...

10/5/08 I’ve been going to Shea Stadium since I was five years old. I can’t remember who the Mets were playing when I saw my first game there, but I know I was sitting in the upper deck, down ...

My memories of Shea stadium started when I was a little boy living in Flushing and seeing Shea being built. I did not go to my first game there till a mayors trophy game in 1968 or 1969. I do ...

Fifty years ago, Shea Stadium was the only place to be. That’s not an ad campaign. That's a fact. In 1975, the circular ballpark in Flushing and famously in the flight path of jet planes landing ...

Shea Stadium in 1964 AP “I’m sure I’ll see one eventually,” I said. (SPOILER ALERT: I have now attended about 5,000 baseball games in the past 50 years, give or take.

Shea Stadium ILLUSTRATION: Associated Press. Taken at its best, Shea stood as a nostalgic remnant from a kooky bygone era by the time the Mets vacated the old place following the 2008 season.

The New York Mets played their first game in Queens, N.Y. when Shea Stadium was opened on April 17, 1964. A New York City landmark of 45 years welcomed fans for the first time 56 years ago today ...